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Originally Posted by spiderplant
Bear in mind that advertising could help subsidise the service. Less advertising may mean higher prices.
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Originally Posted by jtaylor06
It would be nicer if they weren't repeated all the time, or was done after certain thresholds/criteria fulfilled i.e. view 3 videos, play ad, view 3 videos, play ad and so on.
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I understand what you are saying spiderplant, but the way it is at the moment is way too excessive. It happens on almost every video. Bearing in mind most videos only last 3 to 4 minutes, and the ads are usually the same one, it becomes very very annoying. And personally I would rather a pay a couple of extra quid a month for an ad-free service - this won't happen of course because I'm sure VM can make more money from advertisers.
jtaylor has a valid point, they should limit the ads, but I would say 5 videos minimum before the ad appears. Or even scrap them from the music on demand and put them around other programmes. If a program is 45 minutes or 1 hour long, then a few seconds of adverts beforehand isn't a major annoyance.